Diamond
Carbon (C)
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Diamond
Carbon (C)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Quartzite
Metamorphosed Quartz Sandstone (SiO2)
Iron Slag (Industrial Byproduct)
Anthropogenic Vitrification Product/Ferrous Slag
Milky Quartz with Iron Staining
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Serpentine
Antigorite/Lizardite/Chrysotile group, Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Chert (Nodule)
Microcrystalline Silica (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sandstone Pebble
Arenite (SiO2 complex)
Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Flint Nodules)
Microcrystalline or Cryptocrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Chert (Flint)
Chert (SiO2)
Chert (Chalcedony/Agate variety)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Wishing Stone (Quartz-Veined Basalt)
Amygdaloidal Basalt with Quartz (SiO2) vein
Fossiliferous Limestone (Crinoidal Limestone)
Biogenic Limestone (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)
Chert Nodule
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
White Quartzite
Quartzite (primarily SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide)
Pegmatite containing Muscovite and Quartz
Granitic Pegmatite (SiO2 with KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2)
River Quartz Pitting / Quartzite Pebble
Quartzite (primarily SiO2)
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2)
Sea Glass
Amorphous Silica (SiO2) with various additives
Green Aventurine
Quartz (SiO2) with Fuchsite inclusions
Azurite Malachite
Azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2) and Malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2)
Sodalite
Sodalite, Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Fossil Belemnite Guard
Belemnitida (Order), often Hibolites or Neohibolites spp.
Chert (Jasper/Agate variety)
Microcrystalline quartz (SiO2)
Quartz Pebble
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Fossilized Coral (Petoskey Stone / Favosites)
Favosites (extinct genus of tabulate coral)
Hematite Nodules (Moqui Marbles style)
Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)
Gold Flakes
Native Gold (Au)
Aventurine (Green Aventurine)
Quartz with Fuchsite Inclusions (SiO2)
Fluorite and Rose Quartz
Fluorite (CaF2), Rose Quartz (SiO2)
Brachiopod Fossil in Shale
Phylum Brachiopoda (often species of Order Spiriferida or Rhynchonellida)
Banded Agate
Agate (Cryptocrystalline Quartz, SiO2)
Black Tourmaline in Quartz Matrix
Schorl (NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4)
Beryl (Emerald Variety)
Beryllium aluminum silicate (Be3Al2(SiO3)6)
Quartz (Milky Quartz)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Sodalite
Sodalite, Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2
Quartzite (Iron-stained River Rock)
Metamorphic Rock consisting primarily of Quartz (SiO2)
Agate
SiO2
Carnelian (Orange Chalcedony)
Silicon dioxide (SiO2)
Golden Healer Quartz
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with limonite/hematite inclusions